Maui Pomare with the then Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) during their visit to New Zealand in 1927. Leper Hospital on the island of Makogai, which serves Samoa, the Cook group, Niue, Tonga, and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, as well as Fiji. Maui Pomare, as Minister of Island Territories, was the prime mover in the establishment of this hospital. Photo: Rob Wright, Fiji Official Photographer.